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  • What I would Change About the World: everything
  • Current Gig: corporate headhunter, engineer extraordinaire
  • Current Project: designing groundbreaking electronic devices, waiting for FCP to render video..., 2 feature length documentaries, print/music writing/edting projects...and countless nefarious endeavors - I wouldn't dare list here :)
  • Influences/Heroes: Larry Ellison, Isaac Newton, Raymond Loewy, Niccola Tesla, Matt Drudge, montgomery burns, homer simpson...and homer (the greek dead guy who supposedly wrote the Odyssey) Thomas Jefferson
  • Organizations: currentholics anonymous, PANCAN, IEEE, ISCMR, Alternative & Integrative Medical Society, Scientific Review of Alternative Medicine
  • Political Bent: Imperialist (ideological, cultural, industrial); laissez-faire capitalist; Darwinist (social, economic, political); Privatize everything; Extend voting/civil rights to dogs - they're people too
  • Favorite Bands: Favorite artists this week: Sleigh Bells , Camp Lo, Sunspot jonz, Etta James,The Miracles, John Coltrane, Tchaikovsky, Frank Sinatra, LL Cool J, Del the funky homosapien, Black Flag, 3rd Bass, Hillary Duff, Living Legends, Aphex Twin, Chopin, Pixies, Eazy-E, New Order, George Gershwin, Digable Planets, CunninLynguist, AesopRock, Slipknot, Sage Francis, Paul Van Dyke, Theo and the Skyscrapers, Jedi Mind Tricks, Mazzy Star, Annie Difranco, Air, The Doors, Carrie Underwood, Buju Banton, Sarah Vaughan, NWA, Led Zepplin, Nina Simone, Ratatat, Wu-tang, Rakim, the russian futurists, Devo
  • Favorite Directors: me
  • Favorite Movies: WALL-E, Love Actually, Little Shop of Horrors, Fight Club, Joe vs the Volcano, The Jerk
  • Favorite TV Shows: Mad Men, Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Current Journalism, Mythbusters, Morning Joe, The Hills, Nova
  • Favorite Track: Kentucky Downs, Daytona.??? ..I don't really care for races...unless they involve politicians and mud-slinging
  • Celebrity Crush: Kelly Ripa, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Dana Perino, Mika Brzezinski, Ann Coulter, Amy Robach, Barack Obama, Evangeline Lilly (OMG) ,Theo Kogan, Claire Forlani, Contessa Brewer, hotforwords youtube girl, Holly Walsh

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  • smorrisey posted Prefer dogs to humans? You're not alone (or unbalanced) 4 years ago
    Prefer dogs to humans? You're not alone (or unbalanced)

    The field of psychotherapy has traditionally viewed those whose closest relationships are with animals as somehow lacking, their affections pathologically misplaced, their devotion a symptom of...  more

  • smorrisey commented on The Current.com Guide to Troll Spotting 4 years ago
    The Current.com Guide to Troll Spotting

    I could not disagree more with this thread's premise. I am 'tricky' and love to cause trouble. I like chaos and disorder and most people view my thoughts and opinions to be...  more

  • smorrisey posted Beyond open source software 4 years ago
    Beyond open source software

    Most people think "software" when they hear open source - but there are plenty of other things using open source principles to distribute their intellectual property. We've covered...  more

  • smorrisey posted Robot babies 4 years ago
    Robot babies

    The idea of a machine that could produce a copy of itself has intrigued some of the greatest minds in history. Rene Descartes heads a list of philosophers, mathematicians and physicists who have...  more

  • smorrisey posted XKCD loves the Discovery Channel 4 years ago
    XKCD loves the Discovery Channel

    ...in case you missed it: http://current.com/items/88906424_your_daily_installment_of_childlike_awe

  • smorrisey commented on Bringing semantic technology to the enterprise 4 years ago
    Bringing semantic technology to the enterprise

    A related problem occurs when customers update their information. A client calls customer service and, in the course of dealing with a problem with, say, a claim they’ve submitted, informs...  more

  • smorrisey commented on Bringing semantic technology to the enterprise 4 years ago
    Bringing semantic technology to the enterprise

    On the other end of the spectrum, semantic technology can be appropriately used on the data layer of the enterprise architecture. “Tall skinny” tables containing RDF triplets or...  more

  • smorrisey posted Bringing semantic technology to the enterprise 4 years ago
    Bringing semantic technology to the enterprise

    As seen at the recent 2008 Semantic Technology conference in San Jose, serious interest in corporate use of semantic technology continues to grow rapidly. Semantically-enabled applications are...  more

  • smorrisey commented on If girls ruled the internet 4 years ago
    If girls ruled the internet

    Some people can appreciate our differences and laugh at gender stereotypes...other people^ just get upset. Its important to laugh with and appreciate the other people^ too.

  • smorrisey posted McCain v. Teleprompter 4 years ago
    McCain v. Teleprompter

    Senator John McCain was performing relatively smoothly as he unveiled his energy plan. He managed to limit the mechanical hand chops and weirdly timed smiles that can often punctuate his...  more

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